Новости за 28.02.2016

GENEVA (AP) — Projections based on returns from some polling stations Sunday indicate that Swiss voters have rejected a proposal by a nationalist party to automatically expel foreigners who co…

HELSINKI (AP) — Swedes on Sunday marked the 30th anniversary of the murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme, which shocked the nation out of its innocence and is still baffling investigators.

WOLF POINT, Mont. (AP) — Authorities say a suspect in the case of a 4-year-old girl who reportedly has been abducted on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana is in custody, yet the child…

DUBLIN (AP) — A marathon election count has resumed to determine the balance of power in Ireland's next parliament, with a historic alliance between two age-old foes a potential outcome.

BEIRUT (AP) — Opposition monitoring groups say warplanes have carried out air raids on two villages in northern Syria.

WOODBRIDGE, Va. (AP) — A police officer was fatally shot a day after being sworn in, and two of her colleagues were wounded while responding to a reported argument at a northern Virginia home,…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Unrest broke out in a Salt Lake City neighborhood after what appeared to be a shooting involving a police officer.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors clinched a playoff spot with more than six weeks to spare.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Somehow, Stephen Curry still has detractors.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey all but turned a blind eye last year as more than 850,000 people, most of them Syrians, slipped into Greece from Turkey on smugglers' boats. Now it's promised the …

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Partial results released Sunday indicate that Iranian reformists will win all 30 parliamentary seats in Tehran, handing hard-liners an embarrassing defeat in the first elec…

This week many were surprised when the Port of Longview commissioners voted to stop pursuing a deal with Waterside Energy. The vote was a resounding 3-0. Waterside had proposed building an oil…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz released summary pages of their recent tax filings on Saturday, seeking to capitalize on GOP front-runner Donald T…

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is playing defense on at least one issue these days: his role in a now-defunct real estate seminar business called Tr…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer wants to require the Federal Aviation Administration to establish seat-size standards for commercial airlines, which he says now force passengers to s…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of protesters who heard about a planned Ku Klux Klan rally were waiting by a Southern California park when six people pulled up in a black SUV. They were dressed in b…

PUYALLUP — After getting a taste of the Yakima Valley SunDome their freshman year, Kalama juniors Parker Esary and Kaelyn Shipley have been itching to get back.

Rainier struggled to find an answer for Amity’s Lance Nelson, who exploded for 34 points as the Columbians fell 78-47 in the first round of the Oregon 3A boys basketball tournament Saturday in…

Wahkiakum’s Peyton Souvenir wasn’t going to let illness stand in her way in Saturday’s Class 2B girls basketball regional against Friday Harbor.

BELLEVUE — Watching the Mark Morris players’ on-court celebration Saturday, securing a trip back to the Yakima Valley SunDome, assistant coach Cal Fowler’s statement was fitting for a season l…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Players running around in underwear. That's the quintessential snapshot of the NFL scouting combine, or the entire pre-draft period for that matter.

PLYMOUTH, Minn. — When Elisabeth Ansley says she’s between covers, she doesn’t mean her sheets and duvet.

Asparagus is a delicious and resilient perennial that can be grown anywhere from kitchen gardens to roadside ditches and flowery meadows. In raised beds, too.

The beginning of March is when gardeners can really make a difference — and I mean save the world.

Filling up the gas tank, flicking on the light switch, flipping through text messages — it’s easy to forget that these everyday tasks contribute to glacial melting, rising seas, record heat wa…